Daily Republican., 1887-02-19

must eventually end In political and
financial ruin.
! Mr.. Lore spoke with even more than
| his usual force and eloquence, and held
| the undivided attention of the Court, bar
and Jury. de closed at $40 O'Clock, and
was followed by Mr.. Gray In the closing
argument for the plaintiff. He com
menced by reading the ordinance relat-
| ing to buildings, and also the cAsss re-
| tered to at the morning session by Mr..
Bird, in presenting his law proposition to
I the Court.
he then opened his argument TO che
| jury at 5.25 o'clock, by saying that he
would endeavor to be as brief as possible
| In closing up the argument He said that
| be was not there to handy compliments,
| or exchange epithets with the counsel on
the oeher side; they have his respect, and
/ he believed that he had theirs. He also
wanted to say that he had the highest re-
spect for the officers OF the defendant cor.
pora ton, and nothing that had been said
Touring this trial had dlminished bis Ie-
Ispect for them. But there was another,
who although he is not As well-kpOwn as
the officers of this corporation, is entitled
to equal respect, and that one is the plain
tiff. He is q young man. one OF those
who are growing up to be the future cit-
xens OF this place. But right on the thres
hold of his young life he is ov rtaken by
misfortune, and he comes in Court, sick
and manned for life, to lay his case before
q jury.
He went to his work on this building,
when suddenly, and without moments
warming he felt swinging motion, and
the next moment was dashed down and
crushed under the falling timbers. After
o careful examination Of his case, bis
eounsel had said to him you are certain
ly entitled to receive something for your
Injuries, and that is why be now has biz
lease In Court. The law bearing on thi'
lease may not be found written on the
|statute books, but 1t can be found in
common sense and dictates of humanity
and the fact that this building fell, was
OF itself sufficient TO show negligence.
He did not charge that Mr.. Mendinhall
Tor any one else knew that building was
going to fell, and he did not believe any
one thought they did. But the counsel
for the defendant says that unless the
Iplaintiff could show guilty knowledge
Ion the part of the defendant, he could
mot recover, but he would show tina
n was not so.
Can any one say that man has righ
to erect dangerous wall or building ,ant
then when 1t falls down and kills or maimi
q number of persons to be excused from
I the responsibility of his act, because he
did net know It was dangerousf man.
want Of knowledge makes no difierer CT
! In case like this, the fact is they erected
Q dangerous wall; and in so doing art
, Iguilty Of implied negligence. In the face
; o. all this plaintiffs pain and suffering
!, these defendants would say TO him THU
Twas an accident which has cost us con
, Isiderable money and you considerable
. 5sufiering you go your way, and beai
lyour share, and we will go ours and bea
3 our share; and this they tell you is law
, iSuch law should be written in tn,
! tblood of American workmen, and drench
! ed with the tears of their widows i
: would not do, and this company csnno
shirk their responsibility in this way.
II MIR. Simpson, the bricklayer, told
Superintendent Davis that the wal
SHOULD be thicker but he was SO sure that
he knew all about 1t that he told Mr.
ISimpson that the wall would be strong
enough, as there would not be any later
al pressure He was SO cock sure with hi
y lexperience as a rolling mill master tina
he would not listen to any advice, bu
. crushed ahead to put building whicl
fell and crushed human beings in It
eIruins. And now, when they are aske,
!. Ito bear the responsibility of their owl
Q coI1,naI ~ - '' So sn' ~
}. yeits noa that ~ ,,:u So t"o IT.
/. ard ba sunnnssd he oitan,s ro,,Id 49,,
II tho 90 M. anS vat a., ~ e. % ~, ~
I'll 49,. 80 =, w ~ 'A'.' t az,
b thnr.aNd a ,,ass h, ,ho en- "a w. III
/, ana SOW ,boy ara 20 ~ salanns,Aia g., a.
II Snr,bor 10y or hno ,b ms,v a1' au
!, In their purpose, when they conslructe
:. the building, and did not think 1t wou!
Isl doWh'
Ihere was no disputing the iact that /
Z Ierectng this wall they had violated tn
law, and wMle he would not say that the
done II wllfuliy, II must not be iorgotte
= That ignorance oil law Will not eXcus
~ any one Tor violating 1t. The evidenc
showed that the DAY before the wall lie
i the props winch held It up had been re
70 noVen oy Mr. Coddell by MI DaVi:
M oruers'
~ IN CONCLUSION, Mr.. tray spoke OF u
!. rlsks OF employees, and said that ma
,s working with steam saw or machiI
assumed the risk OF having mis- arm tor
no OH or being otherwise injured, but eve
m ID such cases as this he did not assun
an tpe employers negligence. In reteren'
10 70 contributory negligence he said 1t hi
i been SHOWN that Mr. Davis, and all Il
:, other officers OF the company thought Il
~ building ale and AS such was the case
IL, II was not To. be supposed that the piai
-, Till even'thought 1t was dangerous.
Mr.. Gray closed at 7.25 O'Clock al
-, the jury was discharged unit 2 o'cloC
" this morning, when the charge OF t
~ Court will be delivered.
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